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PacketSniffer:Maybe I have misunderstood. Are you saying that there is an agency that prescribes removing a BCD (BP/W or Vest) in water for rescue???
Richard
Yes, Padi.
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PacketSniffer:Maybe I have misunderstood. Are you saying that there is an agency that prescribes removing a BCD (BP/W or Vest) in water for rescue???
Richard
catherine96821:Yes, Padi.
PacketSniffer:Under what circumstances are you to remove the BCD?
Thanks,
Richard
Bruciebabe:Nobody has mentioned the GUE in water technique of using a purged regulator for rescue breaths. You use 2 fingers to hold the reg firm in their lips. This technique has many advantages, one of which is that you will probably be able to use enriched air or even oxygen depending on what is in your sidemounts.
Part of the WKPP creed is that everyone has identical kit, like being in the army. This means you can respond much faster in an emergency. The same applies with recreational diving. If you go out on a diveboat with 19 other divers all in regular BCDs, short hose etc then you are the problem by being the odd one out in BP/W and long hose. Not just in equipment but also in procedures.
Daylonious:I would offer up this thought:
I spent a lot of money on my regs and harness, but if you have to save me and it takes more than 3 seconds to figure out my waist and crotch strap quick releases, I give you full permission to go nuts and make confetti of my rig and wetsuit if it will help save my life.D>
i wore a bp/w for the 1st time during my PADI rescue class... my classmate (spoon) was in a halcyon rig too... my instructor's (axua) is also a techy and it was actually his rig i was borrowing (he was in a jacket type)TSandM:My husband and I are currently in the middle of our PADI Rescue class. Last night's pool session was largely devoted to scenarios where one would want to get the diver out of his or her gear. What became very clear was that neither any of my fellow class members (except my husband) nor the instructors was familiar with a BP/W Hog harness setup. Nobody knew the best way to get somebody out of a harness. When I played "unresponsive diver", the fellow who came to help my husband "rescue" me had a hard time discerning which buckle was my weight belt and which was my harness.
The instructors asked me what I thought the best way to get someone out of a harness in a hurry was, and I said, "Cut it." They said, "With what?" I said, "I carry shears in my drysuit pocket." And they said, "But somebody rescuing you is not going to know that . . . " And there's a point there. My husband knows, but if I get separated from him and somebody has to save me who doesn't know me, they won't know. I've been told that any serrated dive knife will go through harness pretty easily, but not everybody carries them, either.
Anyway, I guess what I took away from this was that the vast majority of the divers out there will not be familiar with a hog rig, and if you are diving on a boat or something where you have a new buddy, it might be worth a minute or two to talk about weight systems, crotch straps, and cutting implements before you get in the water.